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P>> LIKE A SUGARLESS
PBUTTER-CRUNCH IT'S THAT
PDELICIOUS.
PREPORTER: NEW MEXICO'S PINON NUT
PIS A HOT COMMODITY, FEW FOODS ON
PTHE PLANET ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.
P>> THE PINON IS THE MOST DESIRED
PNUT IN THE WORLD.
PIT'S BEEN AS HIGH AS 40-50
PDOLLARS A POUND.
PREPORTER: THIS YEAR'S SUPPLY IS
PAPPARENTLY UNUSUALLY HIGH, DAVID
PIS CALLING IT ONE OF THE BETTER
PCROPS HE'S SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
P>> PECOS HAS A GOOD CROP, CUBA
PHAS AN EXCELLENT CROP. GRANTS,
PGALLUP
PTHIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS A
PBUMPER CROP, THEY'RE ALL
PPRODUCING.
PREPORTER: DAVID SAYS A COUPLE
PYEARS OF ADEQUATE RAINFALL IN
PTHE MOUNTAINS HAVE BROUGHT THE
PPINON TREES AROUND THE STATE
PBACK TO A GOOD STATE OF HEALTH,
PAND THAT'S WHY THIS YEAR'S CROP
PIS SO ABUNDANT.
P>> LAST YEAR WE HAD A SMALLER
PCROP, BUT IT WAS OK. THIS ONE'S
PABOUT DOUBLE HE SIZE AT LEAST.
PTHE PINON IS A LITTLE LARGER FOR
PTHE MOST PART, I THINK IT'S A
PFUNCTION OF THE RAIN.
PREPORTER: FEEDING THE DESIRE FOR
PTHE PINON NUT, IS A DEEP-SEEDED
PCONNECTION TO NEW MEXICO'S ROOTS
PGOING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
P>> IT'S PART OF THE HISTORY AND
PCULTURE HERE.
PTHERE WAS ARCHAEOLOGIST DIGS IN
PSANTA FE AND THEY FOUND PINO
PCACHES 10-THOUSAND YEARS OLD
PREPORTER: WITH A HIGH SUPPLY, WE
PCAN HOPE FOR A LITTLE PRICE
PEASING THIS YEAR, BUT YOU'LL
PSTILL PROBABLY PAY ABOUT $40 FOR
PA ONE POUND BAG.
PUNLESS OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO
PHUNT THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TO
PGET YOUR OWN.